ABSTRACT

Sample surveys provide data used by researchers in a large range of disciplines to analyze important relationships using well-established and widely used likelihood methods. The methods used to select samples often result in the sample differing in important ways from the target population and standard application of likelihood methods can lead to

chapter 1|24 pages

Introduction

chapter 4|56 pages

Populations with independent units

chapter 5|28 pages

Regression models

chapter 6|44 pages

Clustered populations

chapter 7|82 pages

Informative nonresponse